Ch. 139                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 78B - Racing Commission

5.

(a) The salaries of the commissioners, the executive
director, and the Commission staff shall be as provided in the
State budget. Beginning January 1, 1985, the salaries of the
stewards and harness judges shall be as provided in the State
budget. In addition to the employees of the Commission whose
salaries and stipends are provided for in the budget, the
Commission is authorized to employ at reasonable compensation,
and upon recommendation of the executive director, a reasonable
number of inspectors, satchel men, inspector in charge of a
detention barn, chief inspector, assistant chief inspector,
inspector at a thoroughbred track, breathalyzer operator at a
harness track, Commission Secretary, guards, experts., scientists,
auditors, veterinarians, and other employees or agents deemed by
the Commission to be essential at or in connection with any race
meeting to the best interests, of racing (hereinafter, referred to
as "additional employees,") and is further authorized to maintain
a testing laboratory and to purchase supplies and equipment for
and in connection with such laboratory or other tests or testing
processes. The expenses of such laboratory or other testing
process and of the supplies and equipment needed in connection
with either shall be paid by all licensees licensed in any
calendar year under this article in the ratio which the number of
days of racing conducted by such licensee bears to the whole
number of days of licensed racing, with betting privileges, held
in this State during such year. The compensation, the employer's
share of contributions with respect to benefits under the federal
old age and survivor's insurance system (social security), the
employer's share of contributions with respect to benefits under
the pension system for employees of the State of Maryland, [and]
the employer's share of health insurance benefits provided
through the State Employees' Health Insurance Program, AND ALL
CONTRIBUTIONS AND PAYMENTS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND
BENEFITS for these additional employees shall be paid by the
licensee of the race meeting in connection with which they are
utilized or employed. Each licensee as a condition precedent to
the privilege of receiving a license under this article shall be
deemed to have agreed that it will pay the actual reasonable
expenses, compensation, and contributions with respect to
BENEFITS UNDER social security and THE pension system for
employees BENEFITS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND for such additional
employees.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.                                                                      

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